Rick Dipietro's Contract
It's official, the New York Islanders are run by a bunch of lunatics.
It's official, the New York Islanders are run by a bunch of lunatics. First of all, Owner Charles Wang needs to give his head a shke for letting Neil Smith, who at least knows something about how to run a team with a guy who was the team's back-up goalie just last year in Garth Snow is pure insanity (no disrespect to Mr. Snow.) Secondly, Snow has already shown his better lack of judgement and inexperience as a GM by signing Rick Dipietro, who has only played two full years in the NHL. So many things can go wrog for Dipietro. For starter's, a goaltender is a position generally more prone to injury, what with all the unnatural flexing goalies must make thoughout a game. In the new NHL, the rules are a less protective of goalies, as defensemen can't clutch and grab, thus limiting ways to slow down big strong forwards from crashing the crease. Then, there's the matter of ability. There is no gaurantee that Dipietro will pan out to be the star player the Islanders assume he will develop into. Finally, Sportsnet analyst Nick Kyperios brought up an interesting point of view last night, how motivated will Dipietro be to perform well on a nightly basis now that he has a contract that will likely last him the rest or almost the rest of his career barring career-ending injury. Please comment on how good or bad you think this deal is.
It's official, the New York Islanders are run by a bunch of lunatics. First of all, Owner Charles Wang needs to give his head a shke for letting Neil Smith, who at least knows something about how to run a team with a guy who was the team's back-up goalie just last year in Garth Snow is pure insanity (no disrespect to Mr. Snow.) Secondly, Snow has already shown his better lack of judgement and inexperience as a GM by signing Rick Dipietro, who has only played two full years in the NHL. So many things can go wrog for Dipietro. For starter's, a goaltender is a position generally more prone to injury, what with all the unnatural flexing goalies must make thoughout a game. In the new NHL, the rules are a less protective of goalies, as defensemen can't clutch and grab, thus limiting ways to slow down big strong forwards from crashing the crease. Then, there's the matter of ability. There is no gaurantee that Dipietro will pan out to be the star player the Islanders assume he will develop into. Finally, Sportsnet analyst Nick Kyperios brought up an interesting point of view last night, how motivated will Dipietro be to perform well on a nightly basis now that he has a contract that will likely last him the rest or almost the rest of his career barring career-ending injury. Please comment on how good or bad you think this deal is.
posted by opinionator777 at 6:28 PM
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I have to agree with you. A 15-year deal for an unproven goalie who just turned 25 is crazy.
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